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like again. He passed with silent steps through reeking slums,
like some good angel sent by Grace Divine, and stretched
a helping hand to helpless infancy, throwing the mantle of
his boundless charity around the crouching figures of the
homeless poor. The man was great; the milk of human
kindness flowed from him as dews from heaven; nor creed
nor colour, caste nor kind, had weight with him. His lofty
soul reached beyond the bounds of nationhood^ girding
the world with love."
The editor of Punch wrote eight verses, "In Memoriam".
The fourth, fifth and sixth, following a vivid description of
"that true disciple55 of Christ, ran:
"By birthright pledged to misery, crime and shame,
Jetsam of London's streets, her 'waifs and strays'
Whom she, the Mother, bore without a name,
And left, and went her ways—
"He stooped to save them, set them by his side,
Breathed conscious life into the still-born soul,
Taught truth and honour, love and loyal pride,
Courage and self-control.
"Till of her manhood, here and overseas,
On whose supporting strength her state is throned,
None better serve the Motherland than these,
Her sons, the once-disowned."
The Daily Telegraph, referring to this 'Very remarkable man"
and his "marvellous work", proceeded: "Dr. Barnardo,
whose unexpected death will be heard of with regret wherever
philanthropy is honoured and children are loved, had to
pass through the fire of sharp and adverse criticism. But it
left him unscathed, and for many years past the disinterested-
ness of his labours, the sincerity of his motives, and the
magic of his influence have been accepted without challenge.
... his mistakes were few, his triumphs innumerable. . . ."
The Daily News said of this "indomitable man": "His name
will be held in lasting remembrance, and worthily coupled
with the authors of the Factory Acts and the pioneers of